I sat in my easy chair and thumbed through the paper for barely 5 minutes when I heard a car in the drive and I got up to greet Dianna.I opened the do...or before she could ring and she came in greeting me with a big hug. She held me tightly and whispered she was "sorry if I played head games before" and then broke the hug a bit and planted her lips to mine for a long kiss.We broke the kiss and I closed the door and turned to her. Her eyes were wet with tears forming."Dean, please understand that. After seeing you just now, I’d think that mentally, anyway, you’re at least fourth dan.”“Sir, you know taekwondo?”“I have some small skill in the Art. In all humility, I allow myself to hold a seventh dan.”Oh my God, he’s a Master. No wonder he could do that. I bowed my head and made the appropriate gesture.“It’s my very great honor to meet you, Sahyun nim; forgive my lack of proper courtesy and forms when we first met.”He made the appropriate response and waved his hand with a chuckle. “Not. A moment later, the devil fell, neatly bisected (horizontally, vertically would have been impossible given his carapace. Caracin meanwhile had not been tardy in enacting the spells she’d prepared as the boys had played with the drow down below. Runes appeared, filling empty air with mystical light. The devil lord skidded to a halt before them, rather than risk whatever effect they could cause, being caused upon his flesh. A moment later, he regretted his reticence when a massive hand lifted him. She wondered whether she had been too abrupt with Gareth. She didn’t think so. He had tried to be domineering and had shown rudeness in calling Terry ‘lover boy’ even if he thought he was being amusing. His cocksureness was a sign of his expecting to get his own way as Terry had warned. She could expect him to try again and he might get physical. She was fit and strong but she would be no match for him and she had never done any self-defence training. If he did discover where she lived he would.